PLAY: Natalie Merchant, 'Leave Your Sleep' [VIDEO]

Posted 2010/04/12 17:59:11
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It's been more than 20 years since 10,000 Maniacs had their breakthrough hit with "What's the Matter Here?," and 17 years since Natalie Merchant ditched her band for a solo career. Then Merchant slowly traded the pop world for folk music, motherhood, and gardening. Her first album in seven years adapts the works of classic and contemporary poets. Fans hoping for a folk-pop return may be disappointed. "Leave Your Sleep" is largely a serious, somber, heady affair. Don't let that scare you, though. It's beautiful and tasteful, like all of Merchant's post-Maniacs work. Plus, when's the last time you cut a jig to William Blake?

WATCH the music video for Natalie Merchant's single "The Man in the Wilderness."